Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a family of specifications of an XML-based file format for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and dynamic (i.e. interactive or animated).
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Should I Save Images Intended for the Web as PNG or SVG? [duplicate]
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What web graphics formats to use?
When exporting out images intended for websites, should I save it as PNG (Transparent background) or a SVG? Why?
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Is vectorizing an image copyright theft if the image is not CC/Public domain?
Is it okay to vectorize this image to make a poster out of it even though the image is not Creative Commons or anything like that? I'm not using any part of the image directly and only going to use it ...
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Which software renders a planar projection of a 3D object as a vector graphic?
I would like to create two-dimensional projections of three-dimensional geometrical objects. The drawings should be in a vector format, SVG or PDF, which can be imported by Inkscape or Adobe ...
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Photoshop vs. Illustrator for Icon Development
My client is requesting SVG files (saving as an SVG would require me to build the icon in Illustrator), but I have always designed icons in Photoshop (importing vector art from Illustrator, and ...
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How to keep only the visible parts of the every object/path of a SVG image? Like “flatten” all the SVG
I've an SVG image with many objects, ones over anothers. What I need is a final SVG, with the same visual result, but in a way that I could change the opacity of any object without revealing the ...
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Tool to create animated SVGs?
Are there any graphical tools to create and edit animated SVG images? Inkscape is great, but it does everything except animation. I created an image in Inkscape, then manually edited the XML to add ...
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How to create SVG for good typography on the web without buying Illustrator?
I have a web font which I would like to display using SVG instead of in HTML. The reason for this is that I want to display large typographically beautiful text, and I don't see any way of getting the ...
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How do I embed Google Web Fonts into an SVG?
I'm new to SVGs, and just made my first decent graphic in Illustrator. I've embedded it into a page (using the ) with the GWF script for the Ubuntu font in the tag, but as it turns out, the Ubuntu ...
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SVG for print graphics
How well has Scalable Vector Graphics worked for print?
I need to programmatically generate graphics for inclusion in print documents. It seems there are only two serious contenders for a target file ...
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TTF and other “modern” font systems, and font size differences
I have no formal (and precious little informal) graphic design training.
Fairly famous Computer Science person Dr. Donald Knuth long ago developed a font description system called Metafont. In and of ...
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How can I edit an .SVG file?
Wikipedia has an extensive set of anatomy SVGs, but I not not be able to highlight different organs or parts dynamically, because there are no source files with layers I can manipulate in photoshop or ...
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how do I import a vector path from Inkscape into Gimp?
I'd like to take an SVG clipart, pull out particular paths from it, and bring them into Gimp and use them to create selections and/or to stroke. Nothing I've tried seems to work -- even though Gimp ...
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Photoshop Layer -> SVG
I've got PSD file with vector logo (smart object). I need to save it as SVG for website use. I don't see such option directly in Photoshop though.
Can anyone shed some light on the process? Is it ...
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How to split an SVG file with dozens of g elements into dozens of SVG files?
I have an SVG file that has, say, 10 g elements that do not start at (0,0). For example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 16.0.1, SVG Export Plug-In . ...
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Is there a way to view the metadata of SVG or EMF files using open source tools?
I have an image/chart that takes a long time to print - actually, a long time to create the post script file. Years ago I had a tool that allowed me to 'inspect/view' the chart and it visually showed ...
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Can I make each group in this SVG file its own SVG file?
I have a huge SVG file that I filled with all the characters for a font. There are a lottt of characters and it'd take forever to manually copy each of them into its own file. Each character has all ...
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Exporting an object as svg from inkscape
I know that Inkscape does not have the ability to export selected objects as svg, but is there a workaround that people have found that works?
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Creating underlines in callygraphy style
I am not very familiar with graphic illustration. I want to create some underline samples like in this example, maybe a little more understated:
I have no Photoshop and I can't find any good ...
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Add imperfections to vector graphics / drawings
I'm looking for creative ways to add imperfections or flaws to my vector graphics in order to make them appear more like hand drawn sketches. I'm working with Inkscape so tips that work here are very ...
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export multiple Inkscape SVG files to multiple PDF files
I have a number of svg files created in Inkscape. I would like to know if there is an utility where I can export all the svg files into multiple pdf/png files.
I have around 150 such svg files. The ...
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Convert Primitive to Path using SVG format in Illustrator
I've got a simple drawing in Illustrator consisting of multiple rectangles. I will need to handle that in code later one and saved the document as SVG.
The rectangles come out as <rect /> nodes ...
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Illustrator CS6 Data Variables XML Parser Error
So I have to generate flyers for 10 different laptops (and more in the future). I decided to set up variables. I've created an XML Map for MS-Excel which allows me to save the 'XML Data' type file. I ...
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Export SVG function in Fireworks only creates outline
There's a pretty big problem I'm having with Aaron Bealle's Export to SVG script in Fireworks:
So I have a path in Fireworks that I created from a marquee selection (which came from the magic wand, ...
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Photoshop layers into SVG paths
I have a set of Photoshop files which consist of a base image with a series of layers with colored overlays. The overlays are labeled using the layer names.
My task is to get these overlays as SVG ...
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SVG to bitmap converter that doesn't generate horrible bitmaps
I've been using Inkscape to generate PNG's from various SVG files. This works fine for larger images, but for smaller images (like icons), bitmaps appear grainy and extremely anti-aliased at the ...
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How to create a 3D effect in Inkscape as required by the Android Design Guidelines?
In the Iconography section if the Android Design Guide they describe the following style that should be used for Launcher Icons:
Use a distinct silhouette. Three-dimensional, front view, ...
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SVG Downward Inner Bevel
I am trying to reproduce this image as SVG:
It was made in Photoshop simply by creating a rounded rectangle and setting an inner bevel layer style, downward. (It's a bit hard to see on this site, ...
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Illustrator reducing double stroke svg to a single stroke svg
I have a double stroke svg that I want to reduce to a single stroke svg. The area on the svg is defined as some white shapes that are overlayed on a black background, with anchors outlining the shapes ...
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Adobe Illustrator pixel to mm formula?
I import VECTORS in illustrator that i want to lasercut but they are measured in pixels. I want to output that to DXF. However i am wondering if pixels are converted to mm using a standard formula in ...
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How do I use a custom font in an SVG image on my site?
I created a custom Facebook icon using Inkscape and saved it as an svg. It uses the same font as the title of my page, which uses the font "ubuntutitling-bold-webfont", which I have referenced as a ...
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How can I outline (LaTeX) text in Inkscape?
This is a difficult question to google, as the term "outline" does not mean the same in Inkscape as it does in, e.g., Powerpoint.
However, Powerpoint does not support Latex.
How can I outline a ...
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How can I keep the font-width consistent in SVG across different operating systems and browsers?
I'm trying to add some text to a SVG file. The text is dynamic and shown over a rectangle which acts as background.
Since the text is dynamic, the width of background rectangle also needs to be ...
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How to add “move to” commands to an Adobe Illustrator path
So when you export an Adobe Illustrator file to SVG format, paths are encoded using the SVG path syntax.
If you look at the <path data> element, it's possible to have moveto commands embedded ...
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How can I ensure my custom font-face icons alias correctly?
I have a set of icons as a custom font and am using them in place of an image sprite.
The issue is the icons alias terribly at low sizes; i.e. the size that they are meant to be in the majority of ...
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Measurements and units in svg-edit
I am doing a modified version of SVG-edit 2.6 alpha, an online tool that allows the creation of graphics.
I intend to use the application to allow my university students to send files for cutting ...
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How to batch-export SVG's to EPS on Windows or import them into InDesign CS6
I noticed that in Adobe CS6 there is still no way to import *.svg files into Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
Now I want to use a lot of svg's from "TheNounProject", due to their high quality and ...
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Can Inkscape be associated to SVG as the primary tool of the trade? [closed]
I'm planning to make an icon to represent SVG. I know there are official logos, but I never saw them until I looked for them, and I don't believe many designers associate SVG to these logos.
My icon ...
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Single path overlapping? I shoelace design
I'm trying to make something similar to this in Inkscape:
I tried making a path then using object to path. But that didn't work.
So then I tried using the pen tool from clipboard... Still didn't ...
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Exporting a 3d extruded shape to SVG from Illustrator produces horrible plane joins
Here is a simple cylinder, created from an oval using the 3d extrude tool in Illustrator, and exported as a PNG:
Now here is the same cylinder "saved as" SVG in Illustrator (I have displayed it in ...
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Deliverable format for iOS graphics
The graphics designer I am working with has given me the 3 options for delivering the graphics for the iOS app.
I want the delivered files to suit the following criteria:
Good quality (Ex: for ...
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Why are my elements moved after being exported to svg
I'm quite new to Adobe Illustrator, but used to PS.
I wanted to experiment with Illustrator to create SVGs that can than be manipulated with JavaScript.
I created some kind of background-layer and ...
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Change viewbox attribute in svg exported by illustrator
I have a SVG file with viewBox="-155.7 -99 510 510". I believe this offset the paths in Mac OS X preview by -155.7 -99. when I open the SVG in Illustrator, the paths are not offset at all. how do I ...
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Pixels in Vectors - SVG
I am working on the svg-edit application and I am receiving customer orders through the web.
I am converting those pixels to mm based on the formula 3.77 pixels = 1 mm.
Is there anyway that ...
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Opening Inkscape SVG in Illustrator, not looking right
I'm new to graphics, and had to make a small poster for a competition. I created it in Inkscape, but found out they need a .ai file. I tried opening the SVG in Illustrator, and it just does not look ...
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SVG: Understanding the Translate command [closed]
From what I understand, the SVG Translate transformation offsets the coordinates by a given X and a given Y. So if drawing something at (80,100) and applying a translate(-10,-10) would draw the object ...
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Svg transparencies don't work as CSS background
I made a translucent svg. It was a 50% opacity round metal texture. When I put it above any other color it makes it look like real metal. It was made using Illustrator and had 2 of its effects: ...
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Does CorelDraw have a native read resolution for reading SVG's?
Does Coreldraw has a default read resolution for SVG's? The only DPI settings that will show me the number of pixels exactly as they were created is 96. Is that Corel's native DPI resolution for ...
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SVG Filter: Fisheye
Is it possible to make an SVG filter that will apply a fisheye effect to an image? Or is this beyond the scope of this technology. I don't have a great understanding of vector graphics, etc. and if ...
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Make tiles from embeded image in svg document [closed]
I have png based image embedded in SVG document, I want to make tiles from it, so each tile has its own resolution , so when zoom in the image will be less Pixelization.
